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Alt.religion.scientology Week in Review summarizes the most significant
postings from the Usenet group Alt.religion.scientology for the preceding
week for the benefit of those who can't follow the group as closely as
they'd like. Out of thousands of postings, I attempt to include news of
significant events, new affidavits, court rulings, new contributors,
whatever. I hope you find it useful. Like many readers of a.r.s, I have a
kill file. So please take into consideration that I may not have seen some
of the most significant postings.
The articles in A.r.s Week in Review are brief summaries of the articles.
Many include an excerpt, and all include message IDs for the articles I
cover. This may or may not be useful to you, depending on how long your
site stores articles in the newsgroup before expiring them.
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A new development was reported this week in the aftermath of the UK TV
show, the Big Story. Threatening letters were sent from a cos lawyer to
some of the participants in demonstrations outside the London org. They
object to the pamphlet distributed at that demonstration.
"This leaflet is wholly and deliberately misleading, scurrilous and
defamatory of our client. Unless it is immediately withdrawn, and the
other steps set out below complied with, our instructions are to commence
a libel action against you.
"The picture presented by what can only be described as a propagandist
leaflet designed maliciously to incite hatred towards our client, is
wholly false. Accordingly unless you do the following within 7 days of the
date of this letter proceedings will be issued against you, including a
claim for defamation damages and costs, without further recourse:
"1. Immediately cease distribution of the leaflet.
2. Destroy all copies of the leaflet in your custody or control
3. Provide a full apology to our client, including a complete retraction.
4. Undertake not to repeat the same or any similar libels in the future."
The leaflet included the following quotes:
"We can brainwash faster than the Russians - 20 seconds to total amnesia
"We are responsible for getting people through to Clear and OT and reserve
therefore as our right the use of any means or force necessary to
accomplish this
"Scientology is both immoral and socially obnoxious... In my judgement it
is corrupt, sinister and dangerous. It is corrupt because it is based on
lies and deceit and has as its real objective money and power for Mr
Hubbard, his wife and those close to him at the top. It is sinister
because it indulges in infamous practices both to its adherents who do not
toe the line unquestioningly, and to those who criticise or oppose it. It
is dangerous because it is out to capture people, especially children and
impressionable young people, and indoctrinate and brainwash them so that
they become the unquestioning captives and tools of the cult, withdrawn
from ordinary thought, living and relationships with others. -Mr Justice
Latey, High Court decision, July 1984"
Also posted to a.r.s this week, a flyer distributed in the East Grinstead
area, attempting to Dead Agent Roger Brown, the vicar of St. Swithun's
Church, an organizer of the demonstration. Some excerpts from this flyer:
"Although his efforts to divide the community and spread prejudice have
not harmed the Church of Scientology itself, the intolerance created has
often resulted in personal suffering for individual East Grinstead
residents who are members of the Church. In the past Reverend Brown's
sermons attacking Scientology have been followed by acts of intolerance
and even violence, towards individual Scientologists.
"His views about Scientology to a large degree mirror the malign
intentions of a sordid group of highly-discredited individuals - many of
whom are opposed to religion in general - and not the traditional or
official views of the established Church.
"Ignorance, prejudice, and crime often go hand in hand, and through acts
calculated to inflame bigotry, Reverend Brown appears to be working hand
in hand with an admitted thief- East Grinstead dentist Ron Lawley. Is
Reverend Brown merely being manipulated by Lawley and his cohorts or is
there something more sinister to the role he plays."
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Two acts of vandalism were reported this week by critics. The suspects are
obvious. Tom Klemesrud reports:
"I returned home tonight to find that out of the 40 units in my building,
my mailbox was the only one that had been pried open.
Also, Grady Ward reports:
"Similarly with the raking of my front door locks (now replaced with high
security locks) and the recent inquiry into the physical location of one
of my ISPs by two men identifying themselves as "FBI agents" to a local
development agency."
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Helena Kobrin, lawyer in charge of harassment for the cos, was busy this
week sending threatening letters to a.r.s posters for quoting 5 lines from
the OT7 document.
New recipients this week include Bruce J. Bell, Blind Carlos, Maggie
Council, 'Jesse Garon', James J. Lippard, Old Salt, Doctorb Science, Tony
Sidaway, Tim Skirvin, Keith Spurgeon, Steve, Donna Stuckert, and
TarlaStar.
Letters were also sent to several Internet Service Providers. Henry
posted:
"After the threat to me was extended to my sysadmin, I have canceled all
messages which contain 'fair use' reproduction of the six lines of OT VII
which I have quoted."
Andrew Burt, sysadmin of Henry's site explains his response:
"I also explained to her that, if she could supply me with absolute proof
that you violated the law, I would revoke your account (per standard Nyx
terms). I did explain that the proof needed to be convincing, not just her
word against yours. Toward that end, I indicated that a court judgment
against you would be an example of such convincing proof."
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Speaking Helena Kobrin, this was posted to a.r.s this week.
"On May 2, 1994, Helena Kobrin, counsel for the Church of Scientology, was
ordered to pay sanctions in the total sum of $17,775 for filing a
frivolous complaint in federal court.
"Ms. Kobrin prepared and filed an amended complaint on behalf of
plaintiffs Religious Technology Center and the Church of Scientology
International against defendants David Mayo and the Church of New
Civilization. The amended complaint alleged that defendants violated the
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO). The Court
dismissed the action. The defendants then filed a motion for sanctions
against, among others, Helena Kobrin and her firm, Bowles & Moxon. The
Court granted the motion after observing:
"This RICO complaint does not pass muster under Rule 11(b)(2) that the
claims be 'warranted by existing law.' Neither is any 'nonfrivolous
argument' made 'for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing
law' in support of plaintiffs' RICO theory. The claims are frivolous.
Alleging the RICO claims in the amended complaint was objectively
unreasonable under the circumstances."
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Word this week that the cos considers a.r.s a Hill 10 situation.
"She told me that the Internet is considered a 'Hill 10', which is Clam
Talk(tm) for the highest priority 'flap' or public relations disaster."
It was later clarified that Hill 10 means a junior has mishandled a
situation, and it is time for his/her superiors to immediately correct the
error. So much for Andy Milne.
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SP extrordinaire Paulette Cooper posted to a.r.s for the first time this
week. Her story is one of the best examples of criminal behavior by the
cos. She writes:
"I'm very busy this summer promoting my current book ("277 Secrets Your
Dog Wants You To Know,") editing my forthcoming book, developing another,
and creating a web page, (none of this has to do with Scientology) and I
only spend a few hours a week on line (I'm on AOL and Compuserve so far).
"But I'll try to slip in a few minutes every other week for 5 or 6 weeks
to discuss such things as: whether I'm hiding; why I settled with
Scientology; how I feel about 'The Scandal of Scientology' being on the
net; whether I'm being harassed by Scientology now; and speaking as an
elder historian (today being my birthday, I"m feeling kind of old) who has
watched Scientology for 27 years, what I think is the future of
Scientology, the German situation, and why I think it's futile to fight
them now."
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A follow-up was posted this week to the announcement of Mike Rinder's
speech on plans to eradicate all Psychiatry. Here, according to an
anonymous contributor, is how they plan to do it.
"1. Find all the people who have been harmed by the psychs.
2. Befriend these people, and as friends, help them to sue the psychs.
3. BUT..they need to stamp out the breeding grounds too! When they sue the
individual psychs, they are going to sue the school that trained them!!!
AND...of course it is obvious to anyone that the insurance companies will
not long put up with this obvious blatant disregard for the good of
humanity on the part of the psychs and their training schools, so they
will put this nonsense to rest in short order by refusing to insure these
no goods.
And, they are embarking on a massive PR campaign. They have just finished
a glossy booklet that explains to the public how the psychs are
responsible for racism. He read several quotations from the book; they
were indeed astounding. And they sent this book out to all the civil
rights and minority group leaders, who were, needless to say, astounded.
So all they need to do is keep enlightening people, and that will be the
end of the psychs.
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The apparent companion to the Gorilla Goals, The Airplane Door Goals, was
posted anonymously this week.
"This goal pattern was in use in an aircraft type set between 315 trillion
years ago and 216 trillion years ago and less, and is the pattern which
precedes the Helatrobus Implants in this galaxy.
"It was given in the mocked up fuselage of an aircraft with the thetan
fixed before an aircraft door. (There are also two or more aircraft
fuselages used in the Helatrobus Implants, but the preclear moved through
them, was not fixed in them). The Helatrobus Implants existed only between
52 trillion and 38 trillion years ago, the total life span of the
Helatrobus government.
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An excerpt from Ceremonies of the Founding Church of Scientology was
posted this week. It describes a strange wedding ceremony, with the bride
and groom saying "thank you" frequently. Here's the informal christening
ceremony, as performed by Elron at the Freedom Congress, July 7, 1957.
"Here we go. (To the child): How are you? All right. Now your name is ___.
You got that? good. There you are. Did that upset you? Now, do you realize
that you're a member of the HASI? Pretty good, huh?"
And by Tom Esterbrook, A Funeral Oration for Homo Sapiens.
"Under the clouds
of H Bomb pitted Earth
You sleep.
Where are you now, O Man?"
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